'HIBICLO VOLUNTEER. . JOBS B. BUATTON,' 'Editor ft Proprietor. 1858. For President, ■ JAMES BUCHANAN, '■''ft/. Pennsylvania. PRESIDENT, JOUiN ,C. BREOKENRIDGE, Of Kentucky. Btmocralit Stale Nominations, CANAL •OMIIISSrcNEn, SGOTT, of Columbia county. ‘ AUPITOII GENERAL, FRYi of Montgomery county. SOUVBYOR GENERAL, TIMOTHY IVES, of Potifcr county. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Senatorial . Wilson M'Cnndless. Charles B. Buckalew, DistrirJ. 1. Goo W NebJnger, H. Reuben Wilber, 2. PJorco Butler, 15. Geo. A. Crawford, s’. Edward Wnrtman, 16. James Black, 4, Wm. 11. IVltto, 17. 11. J. Stable, John McNair, 18.'John D. Roddy," 6. John N. Brinton, 19. Jacob Turney, 7. Dark! Laury, . 20. J. A. J. Buchanan, 8. Charles Kessler, 21. William Wilkins, 9. Janies Vattcrsou, 22. Jas. G. Campbell, 10. Isaac Slcnkcr, 23. T. Cunningham, 11. F. W. Hughes, 24. John Kcatly, 12. Thomas Osfovhout, 25. Viijcent Phelps. 18. Abraham Ediuger, [C7* Messrs. Brodhead, Cass and Douglas,of the U. S. Senate, and Jones, Cadwallader and Fuller of the House of Representatives, will accept our thanks for sending us Congressional documents. [C7*Wo have been requested to slate, Unit hereafter regular Sabbath evening services may bo expected in the German Reformed Church, commencing on next Sabbath evening at b o’- clock. Monet Lost.—On Saturday last, a small cut ion bug, containing some filly dullnrs in gold, was lost on the road loading from Springfield to Carlisle. Any person finding the same will bo suitably rewarded by leaving it with the editor of this paper. Read Them—Read Them eloquent ami convincing speeches of Gen. Cass and Judge DoL.St.A3, delivered at the Grand Ratification meeting recently held in Philadel s®jphia, anWvhich we publish on our first page. No true friend of the I'uion, after reading these patriotic appeals, can refuse to support the Democratic nominees for President oud Vice President. The Heat.—The weather has been intense ly hot for several days. Un Saturday and Sunday the thermometer ranged from OU° to 95°, according to position. {£7* The wheat crop in this section of coun try promises to be unusually large, and there is little danger to be apprehended from rust or any other cause to blight the prospects.— Other grain, however, will not produce more than half a crop. Corn is very backward, and osr fanners hare no hopes of an average yield. No peaches. An abundance of apples Is ex pected. Few cherries and grapes. ITat Making. —Our fanners arc now io the midst of the hay harvest. and from nil we can learn from our country friends the crops of ev ery description of grass will be immense, being nearly double the yield of last year. The clo ver, in particular, is very heavy, and looks most beautiful. Oats, also, promises nn abundant yield, and of a superior quality. In fact, the crops of all kinds look well in this section of country, and should nothing occur to injure them, will amply repay the husband man for Ida time, labor4tnd expense. Old Wrstmorelakd.—■'Wc arc pleased to 1 see that the Democrats of Westmoreland coun ty have re-nominated for Assembly, Messrs. Hbnrt D. Foster, Samuel Hill, and Jons Fausald. These gentlemen discharged their duty most faithfully as members of the last Legislature, and no delegation commanded greater respect than the representatives from old Westmoreland. They are all gentlemen of commandingintclllgenccjond firm and unflinch ing Democrats. We are no loss gratified to notice that our friend and former townsman, J. Morrison Ukdeuwooo, Esq , hns rccicvcd the nomination for Distiict Attorney. lie is a young man of bright promise, and as true a Democrat os can be found in the State. With such a ticket before them, the democracy of the ** Star of the West ” will sweep the coun ty by an old-fashioned majority. Tub Public School Examinations.— The annual examinations of the public schools of the borough of Cnrlihle commenced on Friday morning last, June 20, with the schools of the Primary Department under Iho charge of Miss Righter, Miss Beetem and Miss Edmond ; and on the afternoon of the same day the schools of Mrs. Caufman and Miss Wightraan were ex amined. On Saturday morning the schools of Miss Bell and Mrir. Adair- On Monday morn ing the schools of Miss Posilcihwalto and Mr- Hampton ; and on the afternoon of Iho same day the schools of Mias Webber and Mr. Trip ncr were examined. Tho Male High School, under tho care of Mr. Eckels, WQS examined on Tuesday morning last, aud in tho afternoon tho school of Mr. Richards. ,Tbo Female High School, under the care of Miss Ego, was examined on Wednesday morning, June 25, and In tho afternoon the school of Miss Armstrong. On Thursday (tills) morning, June 20. at 8 o'clock, the school of Mr. Foulk ; and at 2 o'- clock in the afternoon, tho school of Mr. Mc- Cartney will be examined. On Friday Morning, Juno 27, at 8 o'clock, the school of Miss Underwood, and in the even ing of tho same day there will be an exhibition, Id Education Hall, by the two High Schools, in Declamation, Composition, and other oxer does, with vocal and instrumental music, when alSODiplocus will bo given to those entitled to raoeivtjtbeni’, ThocxaqlinftiioDS, as far as they have pro gressed, bsvc given universal satisfaction to our citiunS) and arc alike creditable to tho Direct ors, Teachers and Pupils. Next week we shall have a few words ttforo to say in relation to (ho exercises, and pron&ly will bo enabled to lay before our felderi, the report of the Board of School visitors. VIOLATION OF THE OATH. V The members of tho Know-Nothing National Convention in session in Now York last weekJ.qs-.soon as they osccVlaincd that the Abolitionists had nominated, Preuont “ for President, also adopted him ns ‘tliiir candi date, and Mr. Banks, whqlitid been nominated by them a few days previous, was dropped ; from their ticket. They stUUhold on to Ex- I -Gov. Johnson as their candidate Pres ident, however. ' ’ This action of the North Americans fdrniWba 1 another proof of the dishonesty of that most contemptible faction, the Know-Nothings. It is well known that opposition to Catholics and the Ca'holic religion, waS the principal article of faith in the Know-Nothing creed. This was in tho palmy day's of Know-Nothingism, , land when the principles of that God defying faction flourished like a noxious weed. Every man of them were sworn enemies to the Catho lic religion—every one, before being initiated, had to take an oath on the Bible that in no event would he vote for a Catholic for office I All took Ibis oath—hypocritical and canting preachers, Infidels, Universallsts, scoffers religion —nil took this, the test oath. And i now, a few months subsequent, we see a large J number of these very sworn men —these tics- | pcralepolilicakgamblcrs —going over, body and j breeches, to the support of John C. Pukmont, j who is a Catholic, for President of tjjo Uni- j led StalesHo is the first Catholic who was ever n candidate for this office, and his principal supporters arc lho«e who swore on the Bible, and called God to witness the oath, ' that they would never support a Callwlic for any position whatever ! Col. Fit i; no nt has been a Catholic from the cradle. When but five years of ago- he was taken charge of by tlic Catholic Sisters of Charily of the city of Charleston, South Car olina. Under their cure and patronage he was reared and educated in a Catholic Institution. He was to have been a Priest, but larked Hie 1 P rcdnim l 0 Utc people (ho grand object they: necessary ability. IVhen he was married to , * ll)Te ‘ n r ' ew the maintenance of the Integrity i Hie woman of his heart, (Col. Dbxtox's ilnugh-I of ,ll,s Tll '= ,,l J' confederation-of Republics j ter. who was then as she is yet, a Protestant.) 1 "K" nst llk cf, “ r,s of FanalksUm of every,kind; Father Vxx Hons bio i.e, a Catholic. Priest of If m ™ler into the campaign with such nspir r , Washington city, performed the marriage ecr- , 11 aml " ilh “ nol,k » determination, WO c'an emony. I’oi. Fkejioxt's oldest daughter is at i bKI 10 lhc t>'ourfcst foe lliat ever resist this lime an inmate of a Nunnery, and all his ! rd 1,10 roM '"B lidc of 0,1 c ' olll l l,rri "g Demoora chtldren arc reared m the Catholic religion r -> - - our great t icloly will be achieved cm- the And this is the man the sworn North-Amcn- r '“ ts of ■ Nov '" ,iUt slmli mantle the earth. We mean the cans adopt as Him candidate. In supporting * Q 7“ Wheat i.a.nu, Ihe name oKifr. Buchanan’s him they of course violate their Oath and per- ( residence and farm, is situated just outside ot ; Jt’HR themselves. Was ever such wickedness the thickly settled portion of Lancaster—anillo , heard tell of in tills or any other country on and a half, it m.ty bo, westward from tho cenh'd | the face of Gods footstool ? If, ns is univer- °f ihe town. A ridgo of hlghbr land near tho sally believed by all Christians, and as the Book house shuts out" all view of Lancaster ami tho of books informs us. perjury is one of the busy outer world, and renders the place ono of 'unpardonable sins, how many thousands of riiose charming rural spots about which poets j men who solemnly took the Know-Nothing ream * Tho building Is of ; tyrlck—plain and old 1 oath, arc numbered with those for whom there fashionoJ - It stands two or,We hundred feet 'is no salvation ! It makes tho blood run cold b:lclt ,r ““ 11,0 rondaido, in a grove of beautiful I to think of the wickedness of this desperately ‘ hadu trocs - 11,0 S rounds front end the wicked faction. * house within art} kept in scrupulous good or wu n.ne,iie»i *• . . dcr. Tho soil is exj comely fer t i le—so much so \> hen we advised men two years ogn, to keep tUn . fl '’„, nn .. . , . . . , »r ii»> i i r.u . that tho name HAsuMond is rin extremely an dear of the lodges of these political freeboo- pro p r | a to one. ' * * tors, some took our advice, others did not. ______ - - ITe think those who heeded our warning then will thank their God nom that they did so. Il is true—true beyond controversy—as Judge Douglas, in a speech before the Jackson Dem- ocratic Association at Washington City, the othernight, remarked, “ that they {the Know'- Nothings) have violated every oath; they hare taken in the Know Nothing Lodge. ’* - -Some one in the crowd said “God help them.” He then said, “Do you thing a just God would help per- jurors V % We notice that a number of the Know-Nothing papers are very much in censed because*Judge Douglas used Uns strong language, but, strong as it is, it is noth ing more nor Jess than (he naked truth. If ta- king an oath on the holy Bible not to vole for a Catholic for office, and after taking (his oath supporting & Catholic for President of the Uul« \ [led States, is not a violation of Iho oath and \ perjury, pray what is perjury? Perhaps some lof the Ministers of the Gospel who belong to 1 the Know-Nothing faction, and who assisted and urged their fellow men to forfeit their soul’s salvation, can enlighten us. If they can quiet the throbbing* of their own hearts, and explain away the agency they hal in sedu cing men into the dark lodges of Know-Noth ingistn, we shall, on their own accounts, fee! re joiced- Important From EußorK.— The steamers Ericsson and Arabia reached New York last Friday evening, bringing dates from Liverpool to the 31st. Lord Clarendon had made a pa cific speech upon the subject of the difficulties between Great Britian and Iho I’nitcd Slates, staling that he was quite willing to meet Mr. Marcy half way, but could not consent to the recall of Mr. Crampton. The Sunday question continues to be agitated in England. * Dr. Pal mer, the prisoner, had been convicted, and sentenced to death. A new Russian loan is spoken of. The Italian question remains un settled. The Spanish , govermnen t is taking energetic measures against Mexico. It is re ported that the Pope proposes a Congress at Romo, to consider the Stale of Italy. Prussia has decided to have a naval station on the coast of America, to protect German emigrants. The Royal Geographical Society of Loudon have awarded a gold medal to Elisha K. Kane. Denmark, in anticipation of difilcultcs with the United Stales, is pulling her fleet in effective order. Sebastopol is to bo rebuilt. The English papers are filled with pence re joicings, but much anxiety is felt in regard to the American difficulties. The recognition of Walker's Nicaraguan government had caused much excitement. U is rumored that Lord Klgin \m!l bo sent as Plenipotentiary to Wash- ington, as the only chance of averting war. The London Times thinks the dispute has reached n crisis. Spain is Ailing out a fleet against Mexico. The steamship City of Baltimore arrived at Philadelphia on Tuesday morning, From Liv erpool, after a short run of thirteen days, bringing news to the 4lh inst. Tho Dig. missal of Mr. Crompton was anticipated in England, but tho Times expresses the opinion that it will not cause an open rupture, unlcrs further action Is taken in the same direction by the American government. From Francq wo have nothing new beyond tho Journey of the Emperor to Lyons, and tho announcement ,of the baptism of tho Prince, to take placo on the 14lh inst. Italy continues unsettled. Tho Sardinians arc engaged in conferring honors upon the Crimean heroes Terrible inunda dalions have occurred iff France, destroying a XMt amount of properly, The City of Ea'iN Wmore anticipated dates brought by the steamship Arogo; wtrich arrived at New York on the BAtiic day. LIGHT THE COP .FIRES 1 ' It Must be gratifying to thefr'ends of J.AiiRS Bucuaka.v—gratifying lb Pennsylvanians—to observe such a unanimous voice in Ills favor, by the people of'his native Slate. Ifyfrjg Ibis feel-, ing confined to Pennsylvania.' was aj name before ,the people of this Republic that united so unanimous a sentiment in its behalf as does the name’of -Cuctian’an. -The whole Union acknowledges his sound Demo cratic principles aud superior talents, and all, admit that-hc is the man for the present crisis. I Such being the feeling in all sections of ll)0 country, it 14 no difficult matter to predict the result of the November election. But, vet, fellow-Dcinocrals, let us not be too sanguine, or we may be led into apathy and in difference. Let all he up and doing, arid, ready to investigate and explain the issues that are to be decided by the present contest. Wo have little doubt but Ijmt n union of lhsßlaclc Republicans, Frce-Soilcrs and Know-Nothings will yet be efiected. To defeat and put to flight this combination of factions will require activi ty and zeal on the part of the Democrats. It is therefore the duly of our friends to proceed in the work of preparation, ns if their foes were now in the field, presenting a solid and united front. In the language of the York Democratic Press, let and the { rostrum be manned with vigilant sentinels— I with faithful editors and efficient orators. Let J Committees beat their post doing their duty iin the fields of their usefulness. Let the young 1 men and the old .men be aroused to the ncccssi i ly of active participation in our political affairs, and in the importance of securing the triumph of great national measures, which alone will save our country from the horrors of civil strife and dis union. Let the Democratic Camp Fires be lighted in every section of our great country —from the pine forests of Maine to the orange, groves of Florida—from the Atlantic to the Pa- t cilio—ami let the great national brotherhood ; Senator Hamlin, of Maine,madb.aspeech fh tho U. S.__ Senate a few.dpya'yigo, declaring that, be would no longer net wltlf the Dcmocra-, tic party, wficrcat the IC. N. and Block Repub lican prints greatly rqjoicc, as though ho were a new, convert from tho National .party. But the truth Is, his speech was only ah official no tification of wllnt has been actually a fact for moru than a year. Uo has not acted with the Democratic patjy since the passage of tho Kan sas bill. [rr The Kansas correspondent of the Jf/is- I smm Democrat says ihc life of a special cor- ! '•espomlent in Kansas- is a laborious as Well as I a dangerous one. “Wo have frequently to | walk all day over wet and muddy roads; wade \ through streamlets ; swim across branches ; ] climb up hills : fast; cat unwholesome food ; j make moonlight journeys; sleep on planks and travel through drenching ranis, under a broil ing sun, or against bitter cold prairio hum j canes. As for throats of personal violence,like eels to skinning, we’re got used to them and rather like ftiem than otherwise. But, in spile of its hardships, the life of a professional jour nalist in Kansas has charms winch endear it to him. Nothing but a sense of duty, ! think, to others limn himself could induce hin to aban don it and return to the dull monotony, hy pocricies, and comforts of metropolitan society. Kansas is (lie country for restless, ambitious young men. n [J- The next exhibition of Lbo U. S. Agri cultural Society will bo held on Hie old Fair grounds, in the 24th Waid, Philadelphia, from thcTihtolllh October next. The schedule of premiums arc very largo, and amount to 312,000. CoMPI.IiIKMT TO IloK. J. 0. BflßClUN umaH.—The old Lino whlgs of the Ashland District, of Kentucky, have presented the lion. J. C. Breckinridge with ft handsome pair of horses "as an evidence of their pride io their fellow-citizens, though of opposite politics, and as a pledge of their confidence in the coming administration of «hich he will bo a promt, nent member.” Ratification Mbktinos.— Probably never before, on the nomination of candidates for President and Vice President, have there been so many and such enthusiastic ratification meetings. Wo have not space to report them, but in every State, in every city, and every largo town all over the country comes up a rousing response to the Cincinnati nominations. The Democracy is in excellent spirits. and confident of a victory more glorious tlum 1852. C7*Tfris lUtiimcation Meeting in Wash ington City, on Wednesday evening, is said to have been the largest ever held there. The res olutions ratifying the nominations at Cincin nati, were adopted with great, enthusiasm. Several patriotic speeches were delivered, and the whole alkie went off \yith tho best spirit. 07- Tho Heamablp Atlantic arrived at Now York on Sunday nlgl.t_l.avln* Mr. Fiuuokb onboard. Salutes ,vcro tired In honor of 1.1, arrival, and oll.or demonstrations of rejoicing would bo had. ETTI.O Wheeling (Ya.) /n«ll( g ,„„ r>nno]a l.no Whig Journal, announce. 11. Intention to support Buchanan and Brockimrldgo, on tho ground ll.at the contest will ho , between lliom and the *< Republican’* nominees. Flkntt OP Oandidatbs.—There are five candidates for the Presidency now Jn tho field —Buchanan, Fremont, Fillmore, Stockton and Gerrit Smith. • This accommpdatca nearly eve ry. shade of politics. - .TllE TES^CEN^-SLANDER;^ TTo, lriT{rto\jho‘particular nttontlppof every •reader,W jfjn‘ Vqlu)iieer\ tills plowing,. to *t ho /o 11g ostVact'Tjf rd'm’^A: specoh of Mr. Bitciia nan, inajiljlii thb U^Sj.Seimto,-Jantmry 22d, isWoiiiSo independent‘Treasury bill. It Is froai tho-Appendix to | Coii^m^^Otobe, lsUession, 20th'Congres3'i Ipago/ i/$; J ,’ Thoad- wiio: wad Iho extract, will {rh'op Wo tell ’them that ttils/lrf the - only; foWdationiho enemiesof Hr. Bu(/nipAN over had for tbo story they Have been industfibualy circulating for many .years past,, that ho advocated a reduction of fho wages of i Amertcan'sVbrklngmon, to ten cents a day. It I will nt a glance, that thorn is not a line or word,' that can ho made, cither directly, or 1 byJJio.‘mbs! forced inference, to boar any such .meaning. • On tho contrary, the position assum ed-by Mr. Buchanan was (hat of the truo friend or laboror. Ilb advocated a sound curren cy; as|ofie of the greatest benefits which (ha workingman* could enjoy, because It'•would in sure' hint 1 permanent employment, at regular wages! pnncianlly paid in gold and silver. And timbhwscompleteJy vindicated tho correctness of > Wages have never been hotter, foridl'Sff&fl of labor, or more promptly paid, fluin sihep the evils of a depreciated paper cur rency were cored by tho Independent Treasury system.-. Every laboring-man will sec tho force and justice of-Mr- Buchanan’s argument, and inateail ofl joining in tho cry ol demagogues against hh|j. Applaud and sustain him as one of tho curliest champions of tho rights of labor. “ Although this bill will not have as great an influonoo-tib I could desire, yet, ns far as it goes, it will boncllt tho labeling man as much, and probably niore, than any other class of soCietyt What Is It hb ought most to desire I Constant employment,'regular.wages, and uniform rca flnnahlo'prffi! I !S fur tho necessaries and comforts of life wldcb Ijpteqnires. Now, sir, what has beep his Erudition Under oar system of expan sions anil contracttpns ? Ho has suffered more by them thaur any. other class ol society. The rate of his.tvrtgua is fixed and known 5 and they ai / b tho fest to rise with (ho increasing expan sion, .and tip* first to fall whop the correspond ftig rcvulfildh Up t-UU continues to re ceive hlsdollar per.day, whilst tho price of every .mjlclo which ho dpnsmnes Is rabidly-rising.— 00’ia.at length mods to ho nominally carps ns much, or even more than ho uid/omwly, yet, from tho increased price in a sound currency, which, of nil things, he , ought mu«i to desire; and It will save him from being involved fn ruin by a recurrence of those periodical expnpslfius and contractions of tho currency, which 'have hitherto convulsed the country. ' “ 1 liin Bonnd.Btotc of the currency will hnvo nnothcr most happy etlect upon tho laboring nmn. Ho will receive bin wages In gold and silver; and this will induco blm to lay up, for fuluro use, such a portion of them as ho can ®f aro * ü b l ’r ant|srylng hla Immediate wants.— ifjlsno will nol rioni present,because hoknows not whether tha trash which he is now compell ed to receive will qontlnuo to bo of any vnlno a week or a month hereafter. A knowledge ol this fact lends to banish economy i?? 1 . 18 ftn( l Induces him to expend all his wages ns rnnldly ns possible, lest they may become worthless oh his hands.” OW line TOgi* 1 lie uatnjileof Svimlopßenjamin,' of Louisi “ml 1,10 Patriotic course of Toombs ond Slcphena of On., is lining largo!/ followed by nalionnl men iirnll parts ot. the country. Mr. Wm. Whaley, a prominent Whig of Clurlcs lon, lima addrotaea bin fellow-citizens : n 1 ll nvc , s '™ Democracy conic down from ho North, and up from the South, and gnlhcr ing 1" a solid column around tho Constitution, o ar r °, o,"'° r, e ,H » of t'“> Solith. the equal ity 5f the Slates, and ihe capacity of man for elf-soyornmoat, arc ihrco bonds of brother ’ , 11, " t ,V lc Ar ' vdl protect 11,0 Conslitution against all the urns of the land, tviiilo they and'„ P f y ,l I am with them " d ° f lh ™’ .|J" God. I believe that 11,0 with wl iT 18 °"'-' r I ,ol 'tioal organization V J" bwll tadt ~ds abolition horde from the Capilol. While I believe this, I shall continue, to act with them. Snob, 100 arc my sentiments mid rcosons for joiiiinK the Democracy, trust and hone that cvcty conservative man, no matter what may have been Ins former political t|cws # will ally him self to tho Democratic party, ami aid ui put ting downtho cotnmou foe, Having joined the party, it j« right to act with it in nil Unnga, ndhiinaUoii of ft candidate for the Presidency. - .- ■ Wheat in- Canada.—A correspondent writing from Toronto says: ‘‘Largo quantities of wheat aro slill in the hands of Upper vanndo formers —probably not less than 6,000,000 bushels. The}*' have not had tlio good senna to sell' when prices were at tho highest. • The extentof land under crop is greater than at apy previous thno.’* Tho Whlg'Stato Committee of Maine has issued a call for a State Convention, to bo hold in Bangor, on Tuesday,- Iho let of July. Madam Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind) will make her last amhfarcwcll appearance in Lon don on lh« hdihot this month'. -tub iwcriiEimica ticket; Tho Blackv Republican Convention,' in ses sion at Philadelphia, last week, nominated Col. Jorm'Ch Fiirmont as their candidate lor ,thc ; Presidency, and IViLMA&fX. Datton of Now Jersey, for the Vico Presidency. Those nominations appear to create no enthusiasm crch \trlh the Abolitionists. Ths idea of noni-, mating such an adventurer os' Fremont for the Presidency, is simply absurd and ridiculous, and is another evidence of the weakness and foilv of the men who declare themselves in fa vorof ••letting the Union slide.” Toshowour readers how lire nomination of this “new man” is received) and also to give them some idea I of his life and character, we publish the follow ing extracts from, papers entertaining .different political sentiments. .The Baltimore Ameri • can, a high-toned, and ably conducted paper, neutral, or old line whig, thus speaks of it: . Rkpitbucan Nomination.—Be is emphati cally a new man, hut whether that will recom mend him or not is a question yet to be decid ed. Of political history he has scarcely tiny, his only connection with the politics of Inc country having been ns Senator-for the short term from California, immediately after the nil mission of that Slate to the Union. Ho then acted with live Democratic party. Personally he is regarded as a gentleman of fair abilities/, hut more distinguished by habits of physical endurance and rugged determination than for the* high mental cultivation and extended knowledge of the statesman. lie is A good campaigner and a successful explorer, hut hardly qualified, we should think, either by i experience ornttninment, for the .post to which' the preference of a sectional party have nomi nated him. The nomination is evidently one of expediency, in which the old standard hear ers of abolitionism haw been cast aside in or der to unite upon one who without antecedents to answer for might occupy the uncertain po sition which will attract to him the largest a tnount of sgpport at the No?-th. Virtually the nomination is a confession of weakness, so far as the supposed principles of the party tire con cerned. Singularly enough, the New York Herald, uhlil lately the most hitter opponent of Republicanism, was the earliest, and has been Inc most earnest advocate of - the nomina tion of Fremont. * The Philadelphia Evening Journal, neutral in politics, expresses the generalopinionin that city, outside of the Convention, ns follows : The Reporlioan Nosonations.—A few •boors ago the action of the Republican Conven tion,* nssemblctUh this city, was looked to by ■hundreds of thousands of people throughout IhcNonh, with intense interest; .The princi ple purpose for which the body was convened has now been accomplished, and wllatcvcr may belheincclclsewhere.it is (jnitc’ccrfnin Ihat tho nomination of John O..Jfrcmont for the Presidency, has occasioned iirflns community a eery general feeling of. disappointment.— Save in the t’onrentiort itself, ami a small out circle of his personal nnd political friends, of-cnlhiisiasm V.'l'h which the announcement of ; lhc candidate fs received, is in this locality anything but encouraging. The on tike required and dcfjprvcd a very dif ferent champion and leader in the contest that is coming, and our conviction is/Upii it has sullered greatly, if not fatally, in the'’cpUmalion nnd sympathies of very many earnest friends, hv the injudicious choice ninth has been made. We speak of course, only with reference to the impression it lias produced lure. That, how ever. is not only unmistakable,but it Is pretty significant of what will be Ihc prevalent senti ment of Pennsylvania. * For tljc sake of the great principles and interests which were at slake, there arc many who will deeply regret a result which, in "their judgment, has imperilled, if not doomedUo dlsasterons defeat, a cause whose prospects Were before so bright art^an imating. . - l ' , ■ The Yoflir.Sjwi.i nentj'hl, but lately In clined to favor ItiD.so-callcd Republican parly, thus speaks of the unexperienced young gentle man who has been put in nomination : “In some respects', the nomination is an "available” one," but wo by no menus think it is iho strongest which Ibo Republicans could make. Col. Frunont has eurmd fame us the daring explorer of the passes of the Rocky Mountains, nnd at* participator with Cunmio dole Stockton and others in tho conquests of California. ' He pus among tho first discoverers of gold in California, and evinced his sagacity by pur chasing tho title to a rich mining district.— Perhaps to this, more than to his successful exploration of the South Pass to the Pacific, may we ascribe I.is prcstnlluglc tn the political world. Were he as poor ftnd'pcnnilr.sH non* ns when he first rctunuu from California, his name might not have been hcaid of as a Presi dential candidate.” The New York Evening Express, a Fill- more organ,says Between now ami clad ion day—if lie ac cepts, he has certainly n hauler road lo travel than any he has yet trodden. lie is in the hands of political panl hers, and jarkulls. mid grizzly bears, that—before they have dune with him—M ill use him worse than the quad rupedal monsters lie used lo encounter upon the Sierra Nevada. The Colotrcl claims to be the first man lo have discovered Suit Lake We do not like to discourage him, hut ho may os well make up his mind to another discov ery—the discovery of Salt River. The explor er, if not the discoverer of # Ulah, ho is now dis covered among sectional free-lovera and Aboli tion Mormons, ns politically loose, ns Joe Smith's disciples ore morally delinquent. Col. Fremont hns led a life that, in many respects, has been one of considerable usefulness lo his common country', and it is for that reason that wo arc sorry to see him make his bed among a class of politicians who, in point of fact, (all' their plausibilities and sophistries to the con trary. notwithstanding.) propose lo have him hereafter servo but half a country—and give him but half a country for his admirer. Tho New York Commercial Advertiser, to n opposition paper, says: “The ‘bright, enterprising young man 1 has been reworded for ‘handsomely exploring the Rocky Mountains’ by a nomination for the Presidency. Of course no one expects that lie will bo elected in this ‘Year of our Lord,’ to that ofilcc. Tho people of the United Slates, or any considcrablp portion of them, arc not .likely to pass by r men of years, and experience, and wisdom—recognized statesmen and lend ers—and place a young man, without anteced ents ns legislator or statesman, in tho high of fice of Chief Magistrate. We do not believe the Ilcpublicnn candidates have any anticipa tion that Col. Fremont will bo Iho next Presi dent of this Republic. , lie will serve, what alono could bo expected from their candidate, to keep the‘conglomerate 111068’(thus one of their own speeders designated the ’party) to gether through Iho campaign, and that is the object for which lie is nominated. Wo will not do the Convention tho injustice to suppose that If they really believed their nominee would bo successful. they would have passed by so many Kf-niorand more eligible citizens, and put for ward so young a man, and ouo so entirely without antecedents. J Tho Boston Post gives tho Mariposa million aire the following ilrst-rato notice'. . 1 Col. Fremont can no more stand a canvass than Pratt or Mellen. and: the stfjpS political poetry which Ins inveslcdhim will fiido.awny 1n.,1h() btyHilng light of truth M\d common sensorTtßy tho time that tho people arc ready to \fole* for"tho next President Col. Frcjnonjfs Ipfli-olß.will die withered and fallen, and ho known on ly os a rash yoilng man who scaled tlio Rocky Mountains. ►ran’ away wllh-\Cpl. ( Benton’s daughter. ami nenuired a .position in tho polit ical, vvorld through (ho influence of his enpiur ed fallicr-iiV'law—a young mnn who did m}t well for others even hi his own special .charac ter and forte os on adventurer that can endure . fatigue and subsist sacri ficed the men ,of hla Jconmiahd to his rash bitiofi:; His gold mines- upon .the Mariposa hav.b dazzled the eyes'of. the.higher law poliri- C'ans, but their Stated value is; soineuhat npq cryphal, and the land is'cqvcrcdb'y some lliouj fiends.of settlers whom itwillboimpossiblQ to dispossess. Ho does not now realize enough from them to pay the taxes, it is said, and but for his hackers, Palmer, Cook & Co., at San Francisco, could,.not retain titles to those es tates which have-given'him the reputation of being “the richest man in the woild.” Being politically in the handsofa corrupt setofwire pullers, and financially in tho,,nanjls of his hankers, ho will make but t poor' figure ns a candidate for the presidency. Mr. Fremont will of coprso. pledge himself , to any. platform which his political managers, choose to place him on; but his opposition to the introduction of slavery into California does not amount' to much, os an.indication of free soil principled Slavery is adverse to hia interests in Callfofnia. ns well ns those of every .miner, and'' therefore he opposcd*it. If his. Mariposa estate were adapted to the cultivation of cotton nlft sugar, he would doubtless have no objection to slave labor hi California. Hi. Boclmimn and the War of ISIS. .. Somepif; the opposition papers arc republish* fog an oration allegcd tb have been deli vered by Mr. Buchanan pn the Fourth of July, 1815, and ho is falsely accused of having opposed the vigorous prosecution of the war of 1812. In 1847, after ho was appointed Secretary of Slate by Mr. Polk,, a similar charge was mad® against him in Tennessee, of which he was in formed by Hon. George W. Jonhs, a leading member of the present Congress from that State. Mr. Buchanan replied by the follow ing Idler, \yblch so clearly cpvcrs the whole ground, that all necessity for further comment is precluded: WASHtNftTON, April 23,1847. My Beau >SmT have this moment received your letler-of the 45th inst*, and’hasten txf re turn an answer.' In one respect T have Been fortunate ns a public mnhl ' My political encodes nre obliged to go back for more than thirty years to find plausible charges against me. In 1814, when a very young roan, (being this day 5G year/? of age,) I made, my first public speech before a meeting of my fellow citizens of Lancaster. The object of this speech was to urge upon them thuduty of vol unteering lliclr services in defence of Uieir inva ded country. A volunteer company wna raised upon the spot, in which I was the first, I be lieve. to enter my name ns a private. We forthwith proceeded to Baltimore, nud served until we were honorably discharged. In October, 1814. T was elected a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature; and .in that body gave my support to every .measure cab culated, in my opinion, to aid- the country ngftinst Ihe common enemy. In 1815, after pe'ACj? had been concluded, I did express opinions In roiuiiCn to the “causes and conduct of the war. which I very ftOOD'ftf* to- regretted and recalled. Since that penod I have been ten.years a member of the House of Representatives, ami an. cqunlfjhne of the Senate, acting a part.on every grcAtTqursiinn* My political enemies, finding nothing assaila ble throughout this long public career, now resort back to my youthful Years lor exprea stoTis to* injure my political character. The brave and generous citizens of. Tennessee, to whatever parly they.'may belong, will agree (bat this is a hard measure of justice, and It is still harder that, for this reason they should condemn the President for luivhig voluntarily offered me a scat in his Cabinet. •-- , I never deemed it proper,.,at any period of m3' life, whilst the country‘was actually ten gaged in war with oTorcjgftcmdftf; toyltcV-'n sentiment which could interfere; with its Suc cessful proscdulioiK' .Whjlst tlio war with great Briliap whs raging, t should have deemed it little better than moral.treason to paralyze the arm of the government whilst dealing blows ngninst the enemy. After peace was concluded, the case was then different. My enemies cannot point to an expression' uttered by me during the continuance of, the war,' which was not favorable to its vigorous prose cution. From }“our friend very respect fully,. „ „ , .JAMBS BUCHANAN, Uon Geoiwh W. JoxEa. • fill) Democratic Candidnlo for the Vico Pres idency. V'- SVe copy lire following from the Cincinnati Inquirer ••The convention made n higfity judicious choice In (ho selection of the giftcd'nnd elo quent Breckinridge of Kentucky, for the cilice of Vico President. ’Mr. Breckinridge.’ though a young man with n brief congressional ex perience, has already attained high eminence, not only In his own Slate, but in the nation, ns a gentleman of superior lulcnt. Ho has I ecu the repre-.senlativo of tho Ashland Dis trict in Congress, and it was confessed by all parties that ihu tnaiulo of Henry Clay could tint have fallen upon one who was belter cn tilled to wear »l. He is a ftno speaker, able statesman, nnd sound orthodox democrat, niiel will make an excellent presiding officer of the United-Stales Senate. As Mr. Buchanan Is advanced in years, it Is well that tho conven tion took tho prccautkn of placing second upon tho ticket a youthful nnd Jvlgorors man for Vice President, so that, in ease of a dispensation of Providence, such, ns lias oc curred before, the office would full into good hands. b , “With the names of Buchanan ond Breckin ridge, nnd with such a platform as has been nloptcd by the convention, the Democracy will carry Kentucky, tho only doubtful’southern Sluto, like a tornado. Tho ticket is atrrtng and ablo in all its parte, nnd will command and receive general confidence hnd rcpncct. Mr. Breckinridge is n warm friend d/ President Pierce nnd also of Senator Douglas, and hlfl’ac- IcclWn will ho peculiarly gratifying to those gentleman ami their fi lends, nnd is another tea-, timonial of the union and cordiality which lias deliberations, of 1)10 conven tion. Mr. Brcckinrffigc was in Congress from 1851 to 1855. a period of four years, being elected 011 each occasion in a whig district over a strong and popular opponent.” Tlmildcus Stevens—A Prediction. In Iho JJluclc Kcpublican Convention, on iVcdncfiday last, Mr. Stevens mado Iho follow tig remarks" s / • Mr. Stovons sawwhat the current of tho Con vention wan—ho did not rlso to resist It— tidnionlahed delegates in tako euro ‘lt docilnot MvecpVwaylVlendssswclliijjfbM; .fAWhmSo-) PomißylvanJa is end. of tho only man ho thoujrfl^^ra r Avotho State. Ho would like to have .IjpWtb ‘bohsnlt hfn .col leagues, Ho dp soo Judge McLean’s iiamoljp|Blhbcd how, lint ho was as sured that, wlflpi«t’ thut' namo» Pennsylvania would be lostljfS6/}QOMajority in the fall. In to adjourn until 10 o’olk. tTOwiyo not the slightest doubt Mr. Stevens* |||pKiUbn svtU hO'Ycrlrtod to tho Very lotted " ’.ijlpr.Wm. Montgomery has been nominated for Congress by tho Democratic Convqntionsof Greene and Fayette counties. ... , C7*W. U. Wilder, convicted at New Or leans of fbrging land -warrants, has been sen tenced to tho Penitentiary for ten years. Not Dad.—Somo one Tccomiucndcd sending Yankee girls, Instead of. Sharpe’s riflca, to Kansas.' - ' .;; 'Mri -B | Convention to 1 Inatlon and Jlr.,Buelinnan.-, I| lo coptance piU : bo.read with eepoeim |„,Lh this (lino i embodying a s Iti a' S “L i nnd-atateamanlllse.vrew piSnnr Notional $ nod presenting with rerco.iind sbiind 'Piil. , 1 tlio duties nod responsibilities of (bo Demom* ' ■ SsfsfSl ,dent J r.b n e United States^'^" G f* We have been directed by the Convention r»lH® convey to yon this Intelligence, and to you. In their name, to accepMho nomination f o .r/V tho exalted trust.which the Chief Magistracy 3(' ; the Uniop imposes. ’■ i Tho Convention, toundfog.'thelr action n^ B > • the time-honored principles oi tho Democrati! M party, ImVo announced their'views in relation fa tho chief questions which engage-tho publish mimdj and, while adhering to tho truths o| th D '•/.$ past, have manifested tho policy of the prcgpjf fcf# In a series of resolutions, to which wo liiToh to&i yotir attention. . . - ’ Bfe Tho Convention feel assured, In tonderlntu I® you this signal proof of tho respect and esteem fißf ot your countrymen, and they truly reflect tfcj l|| opinion, which the people of tho United Sla(e»cP entertain of your eminent character and Jlstin mk guished public services. , They cherish a puk Mg ionnd conviction that your elevation to thcffui p? office In the KcpuUlic, will give a moral gunran. \W fee to the country, that tho true principles of tho-Conslitution will benwserted and maintained that tlio public tranqullity-will bo established! that tho tumults of faction will bo stilled; that Ip* our domestic Industry will flourish; that ourfo- P’• reign ailhiis will bo Conducted with suclnrij. r dom and firmness ns fo. assure (he prosperity of i the people nt home, while the InioreMs and bon- ' • or of, oar. country are wisely, -but ■lnfloxilrffij'- maintained In our Intercourse with other noii o rit‘ds' ; , and, especially, that our public experience aplliV-- thu confldeuco.of-your countrymen will cnald/E* youtogivo efiect fo Democratic principles, # g|j ns to render'indissoluble -tho-strong bonded H mutual interest and national glory-which units l» our confederacy and securo tho prosperity otHB your people. nj iriiile wo ofTdr lo the country our sincere con gratulatlona upon tho forfnnatc auspices of tht future, wo lender to you, personally, the nssunj anccs of the respect nnd esteem of Tour fellow citizens, ‘1 John EV Ward, Hadiiy llmDAnn, ' W. IL Lawalkcb, , - A. G- Brown, r ,* - j Jko. Jj. Wanning, John Forsttu.;>v : IV. •, J. Randolph TrtCKtn> 1 Horatio Sciuotju* lion. Jajies Bpchanan', '•; WIItATLAND, NEAR LANCASTER/! .• s, Juno 16, 1850. f * Gentlemen : —I fiavo tlio honor to ncknwv lodge the receipt of your conmmnieiitjbrrof the ’ 12IJi insf., informing mo officially nation by (ho Democratic National Convention, £& recently held In Cincinnati, an the. Democratic Fyl Candidas of President of the Uni- fs ted'Sfafoa/rl Ph«lI not attempt to cxprcss’tho I® jtrAtchir foollngs which ! entertain towaids my p* Democratic follow-citizens for having- dcvmca f?' .mo "worthy’ of this, tho highest political honor fV on earth—-an honor such as (ho people of no [;; 1 other country have’the power td bestow, hi: Deeply sensible of the vast and varied respon. liS siblhly attached to the station, especially at the j|| present crisis in our affairs, I have carefully re* pi rr.iinetl from seeking the tiohjlnnllon either bv word of by deed. Now that U has been offered i§ by tho Democratic putty* I nccopt it with diffl. denco In my own abilities, but with an bumble • trust; that In the event of my election, I maybe eimbled my duty in such a manner 12 ns to allay domestic sirifo. prcserve ncaco ondSl Iriomlshipnlih foreign nations,ondnioMoUtbeVl best hitcVesfs ot the Republic. ■ ■ ' |p| In accepting the nomination, I need scnfcely&ti say that 1 accept In (ho sumo spirit, tlio rcsolu-|$ lions constituting (he platform of principles Ml erected by tho Convention. To this platform J Intend to confine m.vself throughout the canvaii, K believing (hot I have no right, as the candidate j» of tho Democratic paily, by amnvcringlntct+o- f-1 gatorles, to present new and different Issues be* -‘.s 1 foro tlio pcoplo. ,-v . If’ivlll not be expected that In this answer, I should specially refer to tiio subject of each of i 1 the resolutions and 1 shall therefore confine mp t‘l solf to tho two toplcs now most prominently be- MS foro tho people. p ■ And in tho first place, I cordially concur In i. l \Z «« •««»!• «Prtt«cd by the'Convention’on s-1 the Bubjoct of civil and religions liberty.’: No - 1 party founded on religions or political intoler anno towards one class of American citizens, ’’'4 whether born in our own or In a foreign land, A can long continue to exist in this country..'Ws nro all equal before God and tho Constithtlon : U and the dark spirit of despotism and bigotry f • which would create odious distinctions among 8 our fellow-citizens, will bu speedily rebuked by a u fVoo and enlightened public opinion. V «•? i T on'tlio question of, domeslffl , slavery has too long distracted and divided (he ... people of this Union, unci alienated their affec* 4 (lons from each other. This Agitation has as- : snmed many forms since Us commencement, but ' it now seems to bo directed chiefly to tho Ter* r * rltorlosi and, judging from Us present chnrae* I.* lor, 1 think wo may safely anticipate' that it Is [■, rapidly approaching a “finality.” Tho recent'.:.*, legislation of Congress respecting domestic sU very, derived, as it has' been,"from' tho'original vs ana pure fountain of legllimoto, political power, 't •I* o " Ijl of the majority, promises, ere long, to ,-« allay the dangerous excitement. This legbla. tlon is founded upon principles as ancient ns freo government itself, and In accordance with then, has simply declared that tho pcoplo of i\ torri. ' r tory, like those of a State, shall decide for then* > * selves, whether shivery shall or shall not cxiil 1 . within their limits. ? ( Tho Nebraska Kansas act docs no more lh» , i ® glyo the force’ of the law to thli» elemcntnrj * principle of solf.goveinmont declaring It lobo ' ** M tho fruo .Intent- and meaning of this act not to 14 legislate.slavery Into any Territory orStalo.nor ;«l lo exclude It therefrom ( but tnlo.vva thopcopk ifli thereof pcrtoctly fVco to form end rotuluto their l’« domestic institutions hi thoir own way, subject ' , only to'the Consiltutldn rtf tlio United States.”. S( This prlbqlplo wIU surely not? bo controverted ti by any Individual 6f anj* party professing dovo* * °P J"P°P'^ rir ® ove rrtmcnt. Besides, how vain fi and Illusory would onyothcr principle prove in practice in regard lo tho Territories. This la • apparent from tho fact, admitted by all, that «fi , ter a.Terrltory shall Imvo entered thoUnfons.nl become a Stale, no Constitutional poircr.wonhl [. thou exist which could prevent It from cffhcf p abolishing or establishing slavery, as tho case » may bo, according to its sovereign wlllandplca- Kj sure. • k Most happy would It bo for tho country If this, long agitation were at an end. During Itswbolo progress It has produced no practical good to any human being, whilst It has been tho source of great'hnd dangerous ovll. It has alienated and estranged one portion of tho Union fjom tho other, and has oven seriously threatened IU ybri* oxlslcnco. To my own personal know* ludgo, It has produced tho Impreaslou among foreign nations that our great and glorious con federacy is in constant danger of dissolution.-* This does us .serious Injury, because acknow ledged power and,atpbllUy always-command ret spool among nations, and ore among tjiobost aoourmes against unjust aggression and In favor Cl tho maintenance of honoroblo peace. . - i .May,wo not hopo that It la tho mission of i\»' Democratic party, now tho oqly Surviving con servative party /if tho country," era long to over* throw nil sectional parties and restore tbo penes,, fnondshlp and mutual conUdoncowhloh prevail; td In tho good bid time, the rdiiTorcnl niemhora qf (ho coafbdoraoy*, Its. character il, national, and It Ihoroford assertsnoprln* Clplo for tho guidance of tho Federal Govstn. niont whlch ls uot.odoptod and sustained by H®, members, lb .and ,every State, i ;Por this reason It ia bvprywherb the same determined foo , of all geographical parties, somucl&ndaodi&fy ’ dfbaded-by the Father of*blf ,